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"But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section."
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"Admiration and familiarity are strangers."

"What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others."

"Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease."

"Maybe you are the "cool" generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration."

"He was generally aware that he had been blessed in her beauty; even in her usual homespun, knee-deep in mud from her garden, or stained and fierce with the blood of her calling, the curve of her bones spoke to his own marrow, and those whisky eyes could make him drunk with a glance. Besides, the mad collieshangie of her hair made him laugh."

"She reflected she must be completely besotted with Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra."

"No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment."

"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."

"You are a perfect woman, a magical blend of beauty, intelligence, and spirit. Without you, my life is nothing."
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"Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood."

"Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students."

"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."

"But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section."

"As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers."
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